Live in Love
Jesus says that the bread he gives for the life of the world is his flesh, and whoever eats this bread has eternal life now and will be raised on the last day. In Ephesians Paul tells us what this life Jesus gives us looks like, this life we live as those marked with the seal of the Holy Spirit in baptism. We live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us. The whole purpose of life is giving yourself for the other.
- From Sundays and Seasons
TAI'S PANTRY
Thank you to everyone who has and continues to bring in food items for our food pantry. We could use more canned vegetables! Please check on the food pantry to be sure it stays stocked up.
Council Meeting
Our next church council meeting is Sunday, August 18 immediately following Divine Service. If you have an issue that you would like to bring before the council, or if you just want to sit in, please let Pastor William or Mary Shulak know.
The Gathering will meet on Friday, August 23 at 11:00 a.m. at Barbara Little's house. St. Luke Guys will meet Friday, August 23 at 11:30 a.m.
Commemorations this week:
Sunday, August 11
Clare, Abbess of San Damiano, died 1253
A contemporary of Francis of Assisi, Clare and a growing number of companions established a women's Franciscan community, called the Order of Poor Ladies, or Poor Clares. She inspired other women to pursue spiritual goals.
A contemporary of Francis of Assisi, Clare and a growing number of companions established a women's Franciscan community, called the Order of Poor Ladies, or Poor Clares. She inspired other women to pursue spiritual goals.
Tuesday, August 13
Florence Nightingale, died 1910; Clara Maass, died 1901; renewers of society
Nightingale was born in England, and horrified her wealthy family by deciding to become a nurse. She led a group of nurses in ministering in the midst of the Crimean War, and worked for hospital reform. Maass, a native of New Jersey, was also a war nurse, and volunteered as a subject for research on yellow fever. She died of the disease.
Nightingale was born in England, and horrified her wealthy family by deciding to become a nurse. She led a group of nurses in ministering in the midst of the Crimean War, and worked for hospital reform. Maass, a native of New Jersey, was also a war nurse, and volunteered as a subject for research on yellow fever. She died of the disease.
Wednesday, August 14
Maximilian Kolbe, died 1941; Kaj Munk, died 1944; martyrs
Father Kolbe was a Franciscan priest arrested by the Nazis and confined in Auschwitz. Kolbe gave generously of his meager resources, and finally volunteered to be starved to death in place of another man. A Danish Lutheran pastor and playwright, Munk strongly denounced the Nazis who occupied Denmark in the Second World War. His sermons and articles helped to show the anti-Christian nature of the movement.
Father Kolbe was a Franciscan priest arrested by the Nazis and confined in Auschwitz. Kolbe gave generously of his meager resources, and finally volunteered to be starved to death in place of another man. A Danish Lutheran pastor and playwright, Munk strongly denounced the Nazis who occupied Denmark in the Second World War. His sermons and articles helped to show the anti-Christian nature of the movement.
Worship This Week
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
August 11
Prayer of the Day
Gracious God, your blessed Son came down from heaven to be the true bread that gives life to the world. Give us this bread always, that he may live in us and we in him, and that, strengthened by this food, we may live as his body in the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.
Amen.
Psalm 34:1-8
Taste and see that the Lord is good. (Ps. 34:8)
Taste and see that the Lord is good. (Ps. 34:8)
Ephesians 4:25—5:2
Put away evil, live in love
Put away evil, live in love
John 6:35, 41-51
Christ, the bread of life
Christ, the bread of life
